There's a guy I know who writes crossword puzzles prolifically who reminds me of Oscar Wilde in every way. If you would speak to him you'd get that sense too. He has a very dry wry brutal lewd wit. Trip Payne. They're like twins. I just now looked at his profile and it doesn't mention anything about his being scrabble champion. His understanding of that game is vast, he either memorized the books or wrote them, I don't recall offhand which, I just remember him talking to somebody else about knowing all the possible legal words of specific combinations and thinking, gee, a regular person wouldn't have a chance. I also recognize the people on the crossword champion lists by year. You notice it's the same names year after year. They all know each other. It's a clique. And not a difficult clique to crash. I found them all very accepting. All I had to do was gush about the single thing they're truly expert and show a half decent solving ability myself, with potential, as long as I kept acknowledging their superior Mentad abilities.

This is unquestionably the best scene in the movie. Second is probably the one where Gwendolen and Cecily first meet, except for the insufferable mugging by the butler.

The Rupert Everett/Colin Firth version was a travesty. They kept cutting out the punchlines (WTF???), and making the obviously older RE the older brother just ruined the ending. Though I did like the musical number. And Judy Dench wasn't bad, though no one could match Dame Edith ("There will be a large accumulation of income").

Lady B's handbag line is so emblematic that they just stuck it in the middle of an Are You Being Served episode (I know, I know), unadorned, as if everyone obviously would know the reference. Said by John Inman in drag, of course.

A mere century or so later and he'll be able to marry however many people (or animals I suppose) he wants.

"In their statement “Beyond Same-Sex Marriage,” more than 300 self-styled LGBT and allied scholars and advocates—including prominent Ivy League professors—call for legally recognizing sexual relationships involving more than two partners."

And how strange for me to recall same-sex marriage proponents arguing that the suggestion this expansion would occur was ridiculous hate speech.

One thing about this clip I love is that by the time it's over you will have the capacity to do a Dame Edith imitation. Maybe not a great one... but enough to make yourself and whoever else is around laugh.